Agent of Chaos

Agent of Chaos
Author: Norman Spinrad
Publisher: Norman Spinrad
Total Pages: 219
Release: 1972
Genre: Revolutions
ISBN:

The Hegemonic Council has scanner eyes everywhere. If anyone is caught doing a forbidden act by the scanner eyes, they are vaporized. Scanner eyes are in every public place, and soon to be in private residences. The populace doesn't seem to mind too much, as their government has gotten rid of disease, hunger, unemployment, war, and other problems. Boris Johnson is part of an underground rebellion, the rather unorganized Democratic League. Plot after plot to unseat or assassinate the Hegmonic leader is squashed by a secretive group called the Brotherhood of Assassins, who has spies everywhere. The Hegemonic government is on the side of control and order, the Democratic League is on the side of personal freedoms, and the Brotherhood of Assassins are on the side of Chaos.

Chaos and Governance in the Modern World System

Chaos and Governance in the Modern World System
Author: Giovanni Arrighi
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages: 352
Release: 1999
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780816631520

Adopting an historical approach, explores four controversies facing global analyses today: the geography of world power, the power of states versus the power of capital, the social power of subordinate groups, and the changing balance of civilizational power.

Bastard Hegemonic Boy

Bastard Hegemonic Boy
Author: Zeng MingXuan
Publisher: Funstory
Total Pages: 768
Release: 2020-04-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1648843344

This person was a bit of a hooligan! He likes to say that he is a person who does things according to common sense. He isn't stupid even if he says that he is an idiot! He normally did some good deeds that made others feel that he was unreliable. Not bad, this was his main character. He was overbearing, humble, and gentle. Not only that, but he also had an unearthly character. He had achieved an unprecedented level of success in the world of cultivation. Fellow book readers who like "Chaos Bastard", please collect it! Hehe! Thank you so much for your help! [Previous Chapter] [Table of Contents] [Next Chapter] Close]

The United States in Decline

The United States in Decline
Author: Richard Lachmann
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2014-05-23
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1783508302

The essays in this volume examine finance, industry and strategy both internally and on a global scale. Contributors clarify our understanding of the current state and future trajectory of the United States and the effect of decline on its citizens and the world.

The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Studies

The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Studies
Author: Chris Shei
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 683
Release: 2021-05-30
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 0429596219

This Handbook approaches Chinese Studies from an interdisciplinary perspective while attempting to establish a fundamental set of core values and tenets for the subject, in relation to the further development of Chinese Studies as an academic discipline. It aims to consolidate the current findings in Chinese Studies, extract the essence from each affiliated discipline, formulate a concrete set of ideas to represent the ‘Chineseness’ of the subject, establish a clear identity for the discipline and provide clear guidelines for further research and practice. Topics included in this Handbook cover a wide spectrum of traditional and newly added concerns in Chinese Studies, ranging from the Chinese political system and domestic governance to international relations, Chinese culture, literature and history, Chinese sociology (gender, middle class, nationalism, home ownership, dating) and Chinese opposition and activism. The Handbook also looks at widening the scope of Chinese Studies (Chinese psychology, postcolonialism and China, Chinese science and climate change), and some illustrations of innovative Chinese Studies research methods. The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Studies is an essential reference for researchers and scholars in Chinese Studies, as well as students in the discipline.

Hegemony Now

Hegemony Now
Author: Alex Williams
Publisher: Verso Books
Total Pages: 367
Release: 2022-08-30
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1786633167

Today power is in the hands of Wall Street and Silicon Valley. How do we understand this transformation in power? And what can we do about it? We cannot change anything until we have a better understanding of how power works, who holds it, and why that matters. Through upgrading the concept of hegemony-understanding the importance of passive consent; the complexity of political interests; and the structural force of technology-Jeremy Gilbert and Alex Williams offer us an updated theory of power for the twenty-first century. Hegemony Now explores how these forces came to control our world. The authors show how they have shaped the direction of politics and government as well as the neoliberal economy to benefit their own interests. However, this dominance is under threat. Following the 2008 financial crisis, a new order emerged in which the digital platform is the central new technology of both production and power. This offers new opportunities for counter hegemonic strategies to win back power. Hegemony Now outlines a dynamic socialist strategy for the twenty-first century.

Challenged Hegemony

Challenged Hegemony
Author: Steve A. Yetiv
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2018-01-23
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1503604268

Few issues in international affairs and energy security animate thinkers more than the classic topic of hegemony, and the case of the Persian Gulf presents particularly fertile ground for considering this concept. Since the 1970s, the region has undergone tumultuous changes, with dramatic shifts in the diplomatic, military, and economic roles of the United States, China, and Russia. In this book, Steve A. Yetiv and Katerina Oskarsson offer a panoramic study of hegemony and foreign powers in the Persian Gulf, offering the most comprehensive, data-driven portrait to date of their evolving relations. The authors argue that the United States has become hegemonic in the Persian Gulf, ultimately protecting oil security for the entire global economy. Through an analysis of official and unofficial diplomatic relations, trade statistics, military records, and more, they provide a detailed account of how U.S. hegemony and oil security have grown in tandem, as, simultaneously, China and Russia have increased their political and economic presence. The book sheds light on hegemony's complexities, and challenges and reveals how local variations in power will continue to shape the Persian Gulf in the future.

Good-Bye Hegemony!

Good-Bye Hegemony!
Author: Simon Reich
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2014-03-23
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0691160430

Many policymakers, journalists, and scholars insist that U.S. hegemony is essential for warding off global chaos. Good-Bye Hegemony! argues that hegemony is a fiction propagated to support a large defense establishment, justify American claims to world leadership, and buttress the self-esteem of voters. It is also contrary to American interests and the global order. Simon Reich and Richard Ned Lebow argue that hegemony should instead find expression in agenda setting, economic custodianship, and the sponsorship of global initiatives. Today, these functions are diffused through the system, with European countries, China, and lesser powers making important contributions. In contrast, the United States has often been a source of political and economic instability. Rejecting the focus on power common to American realists and liberals, the authors offer a novel analysis of influence. In the process, they differentiate influence from power and power from material resources. Their analysis shows why the United States, the greatest power the world has ever seen, is increasingly incapable of translating its power into influence. Reich and Lebow use their analysis to formulate a more realistic place for America in world affairs.

Modernities

Modernities
Author: Peter J. Taylor
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2013-05-02
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0745668747

Taylor develops a geohistorical argument which focuses on the periods and places of modernities, offering a grounded analysis of what it is to be modern. He identifies three 'prime modernities' which have defined the development of our modern world: today's consumer modernity preceded by the industrial modernity of the nineteenth century which was itself preceded by mercantile modernity.